We Still Read

The idea for this site is, simply, to read to you some of my favorite books, à la Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Chapter a Day.” Because even with the explosion of TV and social media scattering our attention and taking our time, we still read.

Here are several page links. The first is to the Mark Twain page, containing four Twain sketches. The others are for the first chapters of the books I’ve read so far on this site.

• Welcome to We Still Read – Four Mark Twain sketches
• Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart – Chapter 1, The Village of Ku-Fu
• The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser – Chapter 1
• Startide Rising by David Brin – Chapter 1, Toshio
• The Ancient Ones by David Brin – Chapters 1 & 2
• The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson – Chapter 1

Who We Are

My name is Steve (Ward) Erbach. I was a DJ some time ago (1977-1983) at two stations in Oshkosh, WI: WMKC (1977-1979), an adult contemporary station owned by the Miles Kimball Company; and WOSH/WYTL (1979-1983), an FM/AM combination. The FM (WOSH) was an automated Top 40-ish type station, while the AM (WYTL) had live DJs playing country music. Being in radio was the most fun job I ever had.